7855 N. Coachline Blvd. Board of Adjustment Variance Case No. P20VA00015 PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 1
N Unincorporated Pima County Town of Marana Town of Marana Property Map Cultural Area Legend = Development Site = Cultural Area (Open Space) = New Open Space 2
Los Morteros Cultural Area • Los Morteros Property Archeological Area • +/- 10 acres on Property • Prehistoric Hohokam Ball Court • 850 to 1300 AD 3
Trailer Homesite (TH) Zone Current provisions: • 8,000 sq. ft. Min. Lot Size • Setbacks: 30 ft. Front 10 ft. Side MD 30 ft. Rear TH TH MD MHD Zoning - Property and Surrounding Area 4
Development Variance Area Request • Preserve Cultural Area • 4,800 sq. ft. min. lot size Preserve Preserve • Yard/Lot setbacks Cultural Area Cultural Area o 20 front o 5 side o 10 rear • Density reduced to 3.6 RAC +/- • Number of lots reduced to 150 • Additional open space dedication 5
El Rio Preserve (Marana) Additional Open Space Pima County Conservation Lands + New Open Space 6
4,800 MD 4500 sf Property 4800 sf TH 8000 sf MHD 4000 sf Surrounding Minimum Lot Sizes 7
Property Setbacks TH F: 20’ F: 30’ S: 5’ S: 10’ R: 10’ R: 30’ Surrounding Setbacks 8
Average Adjacent New Development RAC = 4.05 Property 3.6 RAC LPDN 2.5 RAC Surrounding Densities 9
170 ft. ROW & Drainage 50 ft. Easements & Setbacks (west of wall) Buffers to 160 ft. to 400 ft. Cultural Area, Drainage & ROW Surrounding Properties 150 ft. ROW & Drainage County Owned 10 Note: Measurements may vary slightly
Variance Standards • Variance request meets the standards in Zoning Code § 18.93.030.B • Narrative submitted to Board of Adj. details how we meet standards. • Cultural Area = physical characteristic of land • Development vs. preservation = hardship • Variance is reasonable solution to hardship 11
Neighbor Outreach • Neighborhood Meeting (not required) ◦ Notice included an explanation of the Project ◦ Meeting held July 1 st - online ◦ Approx. 40 attendees – 1 hour of Q&A ◦ Encouraged people to contact us • Requested continuance on July 9 th to work out concerns • Outreach to surrounding neighborhoods ◦ Conducted three additional online neighbor forums (July 10, 16 & 29) ◦ Four onsite visits with neighbors ◦ Phone calls & emails with 30+ neighbors/stakeholders 12
Responses to Neighbor Concerns • Project will be a single-story development. • Reducing number of homes to 150 (down from 163) • Increased minimum lot size to 4,800 sq. ft. (only 19%) • Increased average lot size to 5,300 sq. ft. • Adopted “Yard” setbacks applicable to each lot. • Adding additional open space dedication of 11 acres north of Coachline Blvd. Brings total open space preservation to 21 acres out of 50 total acres Preserves 42 percent of project land County will own and add to existing conservation land • Increasing “fire flow” of adjacent neighborhood to safe level 13
View Looking North Additional Open Space Basins Property View Looking South Coachline Blvd. Basins Property Aerial Photographs 14
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